First, Sony Ericsson lead the industry in offering Bluetooth headsets that you could mail-in for a firmware update. However, while this was commonplace in Europe, Sony Ericsson kept it a secret for United States customers. Alas, users were left without a reliable way to keep their headsets up-to-date.

But BlueAnt is now leading the industry if offering headsets that the user can update themselves. The expensive new Z9 headset, which aims to be the smallest and most powerful headset in the industry… also can be updated by the user, simply by connecting it to a Windows PC.

Firmware update V2.2 quickly follows firmware update v2, both of which improve multi-pairing and improve the DSP for better noise cancellation.PhoneNews.com will have a full review of the BlueAnt Z9 in the near future.

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